Dirty Chai Pancakes with Spiced Caramel Sauce + The Winner!
Erica Lea on Oct 15th 2012
Alright, time for the promised pancakes!
When Emma pinned these Dirty Chai Pancakes the other day, I knew I needed to make them. And so I did.
Reuben loved them. “These are really good pancakes,” he told me with his mouth full.
Lovely Chai spices are mixed in with the dry ingredients. Fresh-ground espresso makes these “dirty” pancakes.
You should whip these up. Today. For breakfast, lunch or supper! They’re good any time.
Recipe Notes:
The original recipe called for spelt flour, but I subbed whole wheat and AP flour with great success. It also called for non-dairy milk, but I just used regular whole.
I didn’t have any maple syrup on hand, so I just mixed up a spiced caramel sauce. You could also mix a few spices into warmed maple syrup if you prefer.
Dirty Chai Pancakes with Spiced Caramel Sauce | adapted from The First Mess and Foods of Our Lives | serves 3-4 | Printable Page
Ingredients
For the Spiced Caramel Sauce
- 1 cup sugar
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup heavy cream, room temperature
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- pinch each of: ginger, cardamom, nutmeg and cloves
For the pancakes:
- 1 1/3 cup whole milk
- 2 tsp white wine vinegar
- ¾ cup white whole wheat flour
- ½ cup all-purpse flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- pinch of fine sea salt
- 1 tablespoon freshly ground espresso
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground cardamom
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- pinch of ground cloves
- 2 tbsp maple syrup or sweetener of choice
- 1 tbsp melted butter or coconut oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions
To make the caramel sauce:
1) Place the sugar in a medium heavy saucepan over medium heat. Stir vigorously with a wooden spoon until the sugar melts. This will take a few minutes.
2) Once the sugar has all melted start adding the butter one piece at a time. Whisk until the butter is completely melted. Wait about 3 seconds and then add the cream slowly. Whisk as you add until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Remove from heat.
3) Add the salt and spices and whisk again a couple times just to incorporate.
To make the pancakes
1) Combine the milk and vinegar in a liquid measuring cup. Stir lightly and set aside to curdle for at least 5 minutes.
2) In a large bowl, whisk together the flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground coffee, cinnamon, ground ginger, cardamom, nutmeg and cloves. Add the curdled milk, maple syrup, melted butter and vanilla extract. Stir gently to combine, taking care not to over mix.
3) Heat a large cast iron or nonstick skillet over medium heat. Brush the pan with melted butter. Drop 1/3 cup measures of the pancake batter into the pan. Allow the first side to cook for 1 to 1-½ minutes, or until bubbles pop on the surface and the edges appear dry and lightly browned. Flip the pancakes over and cook for another minute. Remove pancakes and keep warm. Repeat with remaining batter.
4) Serve pancakes with lots of butter, spiced caramel sauce or maple syrup. Yum!
Now for the winner of the Mignon Kitchen Giveaway!
Using random.org, I have selected a winner!
And the winner is…
Commenter #51, Carrie J.L. who said: “Fish sticks, homemade tartar sauce, and green beans! Simple, quick dinner =) Really enjoy your blog by the way! And can’t wait to check out this kitchen website! =)”
Congratulations, Carrie! I will be emailing you soon with further details.
Thank you all for participating in my giveaway.
Have a lovely day!
Filed in Breakfast, Reuben Approved
These are so lovely! Great recipe!
This looks delicious. I love your photography as well, it’s hard to make food look so beautiful!
¡Qué bella propuesta! abrazos y abrazos.
These look heavenly. I can only imagine how decadent they are. I love pancakes, and I love iced dirty chai lattes. Yum!
I fell in love with chai tea a few years ago and only recently have started experimenting with it in baked goods. It is so good! It’s such an amazing flavor and I bet these pancakes are absolutely delicious.
Uh… YUM.
WOWza, these are some pancakes!! Spiced caramel sauce as well, wow…never heard of that before but I am def going to try to make it. Thanks for sharing!
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I made these this morning but I was confused about the spiced caramel sauce. I don’t think you can actually melt sugar so I used a tried and true caramel sauce recipe rather than this one here.
The pancakes were delicious but I would definitely increase the amount of spices.
Nice to meet you, Erica. Thanks for sharing this recipe, it looks amazing! I will try to make it this week for my family.
Blessings to you this Lord’s Day!
Amazing! I love everything about this, especially the “dirty” part!
Chai pancakes. Bookmarked! I love cinnamon in pancakes, and now chai, this is too awesome!
i have been meaning to make pancakes at home for so long but its always been disappointing one. i love all the flavor combo in this one. will have to try it again
I love me a dirty chai latte… and I love me some pancakes. So these little babies look like pure delight!
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